1. Administrator Guide

    1. Academic Term Manager

      1. What is the Academic Term Manager?

      2. How do I add a new term?

      3. How do I edit an academic term?

    2. Admin Site Perms

      1. What is the Admin Site Perms tool?

      2. How do I add site role permissions for all sites?

      3. How do I remove site role permissions for all sites?

    3. Aliases

      1. What are Aliases?

      2. How do I add an alias?

      3. How do I delete an alias?

    4. Announcements (or Message of the Day)

      1. What is the admin Announcements tool or Message of the Day (MOTD)?

      2. How do I add an MOTD announcement?

      3. How do I edit an MOTD announcement?

      4. How do I delete an MOTD announcement?

      5. How do I reorder MOTD announcements?

      6. How do I configure MOTD announcement options?

    5. Become User

      1. What is Become User?

      2. How do I log in as another user?

      3. How do I view user info?

    6. Delegated Access

      1. What is Delegated Access?

      2. How do I let a non-admin manage delegated access?

      3. How do I let a non-admin manage shopping period access?

      4. How do I delegate site access to a user?

      5. How do I edit user permissions in Delegated Access?

      6. How do I remove user permissions in Delegated Access?

      7. How do I search users in Delegated Access?

      8. How do I access a site via delegated access?

      9. How do I set a shopping period?

    7. Email Templates

      1. What is the Email Templates tool?

      2. How do I edit an email template?

      3. How do I add a new email template?

    8. Events

      1. What are the Test and Quizzes user events logged by the system?

    9. External Tools

      1. What are External Tools?

      2. How do I make an LTI tool available to site owners?

      3. How do I view currently installed LTI 1.1 tools in the system?

      4. How do I add an LTI tool to a site as an admin?

    10. Job Scheduler

      1. What is the Job Scheduler?

      2. How do I view the event log?

      3. How do I filter events?

      4. How do I view jobs?

      5. How do I schedule a new job?

      6. How do I create cron expressions?

      7. How do I delete a job?

      8. How do I view running jobs?

      9. How do I purge softly deleted sites?

    11. Memory

      1. What is the admin Memory tool?

      2. How do I view Memory Status?

      3. How do I locate maxed out caches?

      4. How do I reset all caches?

      5. How do I evict expired members?

    12. Message Bundle Manager

      1. What is the Message Bundle Manager tool?

      2. How do I find the number of modified messages in the system?

      3. How do I search system messages?

      4. How do I view system messages by module?

      5. How do I customize a default system message?

      6. How do I view and edit modified messages in the system?

      7. How do I delete a modified message and revert back to the default value?

    13. Online

      1. What is the Online tool?

      2. How do I view active servers?

      3. How do I view user locations?

      4. How do I view active sessions?

      5. How do I refresh location, session, and server data?

    14. PA System

      1. What is the PA System?

      2. How do I create a banner system message?

      3. How do I edit a banner system message?

      4. How do I delete a banner system message?

      5. How do I create a popup system message?

      6. How do I edit an existing popup system message?

      7. How do I delete a popup system message?

    15. Permissions and Roles

      1. What are Permissions and Roles?

      2. How do I change participant roles within a site?

    16. Realms

      1. What are Realms?

      2. How do I search Realms?

      3. How do I modify an existing role within a Realm?

      4. How do I create a new, or custom role within a Realm?

      5. What do the various realms in Sakai do?

    17. Resources

      1. What Resources are specific to admin users?

    18. Search

      1. Search Administration

    19. Site Archive

      1. What is the Site Archive tool?

      2. How do I export/archive an individual site?

      3. How do I batch export or archive multiple sites?

      4. How do I download archive files?

      5. How do I import an individual site archive?

      6. How do I batch import multiple site archives?

    20. Sites

      1. What is the Sites tool?

      2. How do I search for a site using the Sites tool?

      3. How do I add a site using the Sites tool?

      4. How do I edit a site using the Sites tool?

      5. How do I Soft Delete a site from the Sites tool?

      6. How do I add a stealthed tool to a site?

    21. Sitestats Admin

      1. What is Sitestats Admin?

      2. How do I view reports for a specific site?

      3. How do I create predefined reports available throughout the system?

      4. How do I view server-wide reports?

    22. User Membership

      1. What is User Membership?

      2. How do I search for an account in User Membership?

      3. How do I filter search results in User Membership?

      4. How do I export search results from User Membership?

      5. How do I make a user inactive in multiple sites?

      6. How do I make a user active in multiple sites?

    23. Users

      1. What is the Users tool?

      2. How do I add a new account?

      3. How do I create multiple new user accounts by importing a file?

      4. How do I search for a user account?

      5. How do I edit a user account?

      6. How do I disable a user account?

      7. How do I remove a user account?

    24. Worksite Setup

      1. What is Worksite Setup?

      2. How does Worksite Setup differ for admin users?

      3. How do I define the default set of tools added to site on site creation?

      4. How are sites deleted?

      5. How do I Soft Delete a site from Worksite Setup?

      6. How do I restore a softly deleted site?

      7. How do I Hard Delete a site?

  2. User Guide

    1. About Help

      1. About Sakai Help

    2. Accessibility

      1. Accessibility Information

      2. What does it mean to make content accessible?

      3. What are some guidelines for making content accessible?

      4. How can I make images more accessible?

      5. How can I make tables more accessible?

      6. How can I make videos and audio files more accessible?

      7. How can I make links accessible?

      8. How can I make lists of items accessible?

      9. How can choices in background and text color affect accessibility?

      10. How can I structure my document to make it more accessible?

      11. Why should I use paragraph breaks in my document?

      12. How do I check my content for accessibility?

    3. Announcements

      1. What is the Announcements tool?

      2. How do I add an announcement?

      3. How do I edit an announcement?

      4. How do I delete an announcement?

      5. How do I merge announcements?

      6. How do I reorder announcements?

      7. How do I change Announcements tool permissions?

      8. How do I view announcements?

    4. Assignments

      1. What is the Assignments tool?

      2. How do I add an assignment?

      3. How do I edit an existing assignment?

      4. How do I enable student peer review for an assignment?

      5. How do I enable group submissions for an assignment?

      6. How do I delete an assignment?

      7. How do students submit an assignment?

      8. How do I submit an assignment on behalf of a student?

      9. How do I grade an assignment?

      10. How do I grade an assignment using the legacy grading interface?

      11. How do students complete a peer assessment assignment?

      12. How do I grade a peer review assignment?

      13. How do I download assignments for grading offline?

      14. How do I upload graded assignment submissions and feedback?

      15. How do I release assignment grades?

      16. How do students view their assignment feedback?

      17. How do I change the Assignments tool permissions?

    5. Bullhorns

      1. What are Bullhorns?

      2. How are Bullhorn alerts created?

      3. How do I clear my Bullhorn alerts?

      4. How do I view the content of an Bullhorn alert?

    6. Calendar

      1. What is the Calendar tool?

      2. How do I customize my Calendar display?

      3. How do I view calendar item details?

      4. How do I change the Calendar view?

      5. How do I add items to the Calendar?

      6. How do I edit a calendar item?

      7. How do I delete a calendar item?

      8. How do I print the Calendar?

      9. How do I merge the Calendar with another site?

      10. How do I import Calendar entries from a file?

      11. How do I modify Calendar permissions?

      12. How do I merge external calendars?

    7. Chat

      1. What is the Chat Room tool?

      2. How do I add a chat room?

      3. How do I delete a chat room?

      4. How do I clear the chat history?

      5. How do I change the Chat Room tool permissions?

      6. How do I read, post, or delete Chat Room messages?

    8. Commons

      1. What is the Commons tool?

      2. How do I set permissions in Commons?

      3. How do I create a post in Commons?

      4. How do I comment/reply to a post in Commons?

      5. How do I edit a post in Commons?

      6. How do I delete a post in Commons?

      7. How do I edit a comment/reply in Commons?

      8. How do I delete a comment/reply in Commons?

    9. Contact Us

      1. What is the Contact Us tool?

      2. How do I use the Contact Us tool?

    10. Course and Project Sites

      1. What are course sites?

      2. What are project sites?

      3. How do I navigate among different sites?

      4. How do I navigate within a site?

      5. How do I reset a tool?

      6. What does Unpublished Site mean?

      7. How do I create a new course or project site?

    11. Drop Box

      1. What is the Drop Box tool?

      2. How do I upload files to multiple dropbox folders?

      3. How do students add items to the Drop Box?

      4. How do I download multiple files from Dropbox?

    12. Email

      1. What is the Email tool?

      2. How do I send an Email message?

      3. How to I set the Email tool options for my site?

      4. How do I change the Email tool permissions?

    13. Email Archive

      1. What is the Email Archive tool?

      2. How do I view Email Archive messages?

      3. How do I send messages to the Email Archive?

      4. How do I modify the Email Archive options?

      5. How do I change the Email Archive permissions?

      6. How do students view archived messages?

    14. External Tool (LTI)

      1. What is the External Tool (LTI)?

      2. How do I configure the External Tool (LTI) settings?

    15. Forums

      1. What is the Forums tool?

      2. How do I create a new forum?

      3. How do I add a new topic?

      4. How do I organize forums and topics?

      5. How do I post to a forum topic?

      6. How do I reply to a forum post (i.e., conversation)?

      7. How do I email a forum post author?

      8. How do I delete a forum post (i.e., conversation)?

      9. How do I moderate a topic?

      10. How do I grade discussion forums?

      11. How do I move a thread to a different topic?

      12. How do I delete a topic?

      13. How do I delete a forum?

      14. How do I modify forum template settings?

      15. How do I watch or subscribe to forums?

    16. Gradebook

      1. What is Gradebook?

      2. How do I set up my Gradebook?

      3. How are grades calculated in Gradebook?

      4. How do I add items to the Gradebook?

      5. How do I enter and/or edit grades in Gradebook?

      6. How can instructors customize their Gradebook display?

      7. What actions can instructors perform on individual Gradebook items?

      8. How do instructors view and print individual student grades?

      9. How do I export grades from Gradebook?

      10. How do I exclude a grade for a specific student?

      11. How do I format my file for importing grades into Gradebook?

      12. How do I import grades into Gradebook?

      13. How do I override a course grade in Gradebook?

      14. How do I view the course grade override log in Gradebook?

      15. How do I set all ungraded items to zero in Gradebook?

      16. How does extra credit work in Gradebook?

      17. How do students view their grades in the Gradebook?

      18. What are the different gradebook scenarios and which one is right for me?

      19. How do I set up a simple points-based Gradebook?

      20. How do I set up a Gradebook with categories for organization and/or dropping grades?

      21. How do I set up a Gradebook with categories and weighting?

      22. How do I set empty cells to zero for a single grade item?

    17. Home

      1. What is Home?

      2. What is Site Navigation?

      3. What is the Home Tool Menu?

      4. What is the Home Message of the Day?

      5. What is the Home Calendar?

      6. What is the Home Information Display?

      7. What are the Home Recent Announcements?

      8. What are the Home Message Center Notifications?

      9. What is Membership?

      10. How do I view and edit my account details?

      11. What is Worksite Setup?

      12. What is the Preferences tool?

      13. What are the Resources in Home?

    18. Lessons

      1. What is the Lessons tool?

      2. How do I create a new Lessons page?

      3. How do I add text to a Lessons page?

      4. How do I embed an image on a Lessons page?

      5. How do I embed a video from my computer on a Lessons page?

      6. How do I embed a YouTube video on a Lessons Page?

      7. How do I embed an audio file on a Lessons page?

      8. How do I add a website link to a Lessons page?

      9. How do I add a file from Resources to a Lessons page?

      10. How do I add assignments to a Lessons page?

      11. How do I add forums or topics to a Lessons page?

      12. How do I add tests and quizzes to a Lessons page?

      13. How do I add an in-line question to a Lessons page?

      14. How do I allow comments to be posted on a Lessons page?

      15. How do I allow students to add content to Lessons?

      16. How do I reorder items on a Lessons page?

      17. How do I delete items on a Lessons page?

      18. How do I limit access to Lessons page items to groups?

      19. How do I add subpages to a Lessons page?

      20. How do I view the Index of Pages?

      21. How do I require completion of a Lessons item?

      22. How do I require completion of a Lessons page?

      23. How do I rename a Lessons page?

      24. How do I delete a top-level Lessons page?

      25. How do I delete a Lessons subpage?

      26. How do I export Lessons content?

      27. How do I import Lessons content?

      28. How do students add content to Student Pages in Lessons?

      29. How do I create multiple sections on a Lessons page?

      30. How do I create two columns on a Lessons page?

      31. How do I create two columns inside a block on a Lessons page?

      32. How do I merge columns and sections to one block on a Lessons page?

      33. How do I change the background color of a block?

      34. How do I create collapsible sections?

      35. How do I add a resources folder on a Lessons page?

      36. How do I embed the Calendar on a Lessons page?

      37. How do I embed announcements on a Lessons page?

      38. How do I embed forums conversations on a Lessons page?

      39. How do I add a checklist on a Lessons page?

      40. How do I upload content in a zip file on a Lessons page?

      41. How do I add an external tool on a Lessons page?

      42. How do I enable Lessons subpage navigation in the Tool Menu?

      43. How do I assign an "owner" to a Lessons page?

    19. Messages

      1. What is the Messages tool?

      2. How do I view my messages?

      3. How do I send a message?

      4. How do I reply to a message?

      5. How do I create a Messages folder?

      6. How do I move a message?

      7. How do I delete a message?

      8. How do I modify the settings for Messages?

      9. How do I determine who site participants can send a message to?

    20. News

      1. What is the News tool?

      2. How do I add a News tool?

      3. How do I view News tool content?

      4. How do I edit the News tool?

      5. How do I delete a News tool?

    21. Overview

      1. What is Overview?

      2. How do I edit the Overview site information display?

      3. How do I change the layout of the Overview page?

    22. Permissions and Roles

      1. What are Permissions and Roles?

      2. How do I change participant roles within a site?

    23. Podcasts

      1. What is the Podcasts tool?

      2. How do I add a podcast?

      3. How do I subscribe to a podcast?

      4. How do I allow students to upload podcast files?

      5. How do I view or download an individual podcast?

      6. How do I delete a podcast?

      7. How do I edit a podcast?

      8. How do I edit a podcast feed?

    24. Polls

      1. What is the Polls tool?

      2. How do I add a new poll?

      3. How do I take a poll?

      4. How do I view poll results?

      5. How do I modify the Polls tool permissions?

      6. How do I edit a poll?

      7. How do I reset a poll?

      8. How do I remove a poll?

    25. PostEm

      1. What is the PostEm tool?

      2. How do I add PostEm feedback?

      3. How do I update a PostEm feedback item?

      4. How do students view their feedback in PostEm?

      5. How do instructors view feedback in PostEm?

      6. How do I download a copy of the CSV feedback file?

      7. How do I delete a PostEm feedback item?

    26. Profile

      1. What is the Profile tool?

      2. How do I set up my profile?

      3. How do I post a status message to my profile?

      4. How do I add pictures to my profile picture gallery?

      5. How do I search for and add connections?

      6. How do I accept a connection request?

      7. How do I send a message to a connection in Profile?

      8. How do I change my privacy settings?

      9. How do I set my notification and other profile preferences?

    27. Resources

      1. What is the Resources tool?

      2. How do I navigate the Resources tool?

      3. How do I create folders?

      4. How do I upload files to Resources?

      5. How do I upload and unpack a zip file to a Resources folder?

      6. How do I create a zip archive file in Resources?

      7. How do I add a web link or URL?

      8. How do I create a text document?

      9. How do I create an HTML page?

      10. How do I create a citation list?

      11. How do I move a file or folder within Resources in the same site?

      12. How do I copy a file or folder within Resources in the same site?

      13. How do I copy a Resources file or folder from one site to another site?

      14. How do I reorder files or folders within Resources?

      15. How do I upload a new version of a file in Resources?

      16. How do I hide files and folders?

      17. How do I unhide files or folders?

      18. How do I set the display of a Resources item to a specific time period?

      19. How do I remove a file or folder in Resources?

      20. How do I restore a removed file or folder in Resources?

      21. How do I add and display contextual information about a file or folder?

      22. How do I notify site participants that content has been added to Resources?

      23. How do I obtain the URL for a file or folder in Resources?

      24. How do I make a link to a Resources folder appear in the Tool Menu?

      25. How do I create a group folder in Resources?

      26. How do I allow group members to upload content to a group Resources folder?

      27. How do I allow all students to upload content to a selected folder?

      28. How do I make a file or folder publicly viewable?

      29. What is the Resources quota?

      30. How do I transfer files to Resources using WebDAV?

      31. How do I attach files from my Home Resources to submissions in my other sites?

    28. Rich Text Editor

      1. What is the Rich Text Editor?

      2. What actions can I perform using the Rich Text Editor icons?

      3. What are some keyboard shortcuts for the Rich Text Editor?

      4. How do I create a link to a web site in a text box?

      5. How do I create a link to a Resources item in a text box?

      6. How do I create a link to an activity in a text box?

      7. How do I embed an image in a text box?

      8. How do I embed a linked web image in a text box?

      9. How do I embed a YouTube video in a text box?

      10. How do I add special characters to a text box?

      11. How do I add/edit a table in a text box?

      12. How do I add a content template to a text box?

      13. How do I paste text from a Microsoft Word document to a text box?

      14. How do I embed an mp4 video in a text box?

      15. How do I embed an mp3 audio in a text box?

      16. How do I set my preference for the Rich Text Editor mode?

      17. How do I change the left to right language direction?

    29. Roster

      1. What is the Roster tool?

      2. How do I view/search the roster?

      3. How do I export the roster?

      4. How do I view roster photos and/or profiles?

      5. How do I edit Roster tool permissions?

    30. Rubrics

      1. What are Rubrics?

      2. How do I add a rubric to my site?

      3. How do I edit a rubric?

      4. How do I copy a rubric?

      5. How do I delete a rubric?

      6. How do I share a rubric?

      7. How do I stop sharing a rubric?

      8. How do I add a rubric to an assignment?

      9. How do I add a rubric to a forum topic?

      10. How do I add a rubric to an assessment (i.e., test or quiz)?

      11. How do I add a rubric to a Gradebook item?

      12. How do I grade an assignment using a rubric?

      13. How do I grade an assignment using a rubric in the legacy grading interface?

      14. How do I grade a forum topic using a rubric?

      15. How do I grade an assessment (i.e. test or quiz) using a rubric?

      16. How do I grade a gradebook item using a rubric?

      17. How do I view my rubric feedback as a student?

    31. Search

      1. What is the Search tool?

      2. How do I perform a basic search?

      3. How do I perform an advanced search?

      4. What tool content is included in search?

    32. Section Info

      1. What is the Section Info tool?

      2. How are sections different than groups?

      3. How do I create a section?

      4. How do I edit a section?

      5. How do I delete a section?

      6. How do I add site members to a section?

      7. How do I add teaching assistants to a section?

      8. How do I view student memberships?

      9. How do I manage section options?

    33. Sign-Up

      1. What is the Sign-up tool?

      2. What are Sign-up meeting types?

      3. How do I view meetings in Sign-up?

      4. How do I create a meeting?

      5. How do I edit a meeting?

      6. How do I lock or cancel a time slot?

      7. How do I copy a meeting?

      8. How do students or participants sign-up for meetings?

      9. How do I export meeting data?

      10. How can I use the Sign-up tool in my site?

      11. How do I manually add users to meetings?

      12. How do I add meetings to the site Calendar?

      13. How do I modify Sign-up tool permissions?

    34. Site Info

      1. How do I change participant roles within a site?

      2. What is the Site Info tool?

      3. How do I edit the site information?

      4. How do I add tools to my site?

      5. How do I rearrange or rename the items in the Tool Menu?

      6. How do I add users to my course or project?

      7. How do I remove users from my course or project?

      8. How do I add a class roster?

      9. How do I delete a class roster?

      10. How do I create groups?

      11. How do I use groups?

      12. How do I link to a parent site?

      13. How do I control site access?

      14. How do I make my site publicly available?

      15. How do I duplicate a site?

      16. How do I copy content from one site to another (i.e., import from site)?

      17. How do I import content from an archive file?

      18. What is the User Audit Log?

      19. How do I add LaTeX language to my course site?

      20. How do I remove a tool from my site?

      21. How do I hide or show items in the Tool Menu?

    35. Statistics

      1. What is the Statistics tool?

      2. How do I view summary reports in the Statistics tool?

      3. How do I create and run a report?

      4. How do I duplicate a report?

      5. How do I edit a report?

      6. How do I delete a report?

      7. How do I print a report?

      8. How do I export a report?

      9. How do I view detailed user activity reports?

      10. How do I modify preferences in the Statistics tool?

    36. Syllabus

      1. What is the Syllabus tool?

      2. How do I add my syllabus as a file attachment?

      3. How do I create a syllabus using cut and paste from a document?

      4. How do I edit syllabus items?

      5. How do I create a multi-part syllabus based on number of items needed?

      6. How do I create a multi-part syllabus by dates?

      7. How do I print the syllabus?

      8. How do I point my syllabus to a webpage?

      9. How do I rearrange syllabus items?

      10. How do I publish/unpublish a syllabus item?

      11. How do I add a syllabus item to the calendar?

      12. How do I change syllabus item access?

      13. How do I delete a syllabus item?

    37. Tests and Quizzes

      1. What is the Tests & Quizzes tool?

      2. How do I create an assessment in Tests and Quizzes?

      3. How do I create a new assessment using markup text or cut and paste?

      4. How do I create a new question (with the assessment builder)?

      5. How do I create a multiple choice question?

      6. How do I create a matching question?

      7. How do I create a true/false question?

      8. How do I create a short answer/essay question?

      9. How do I create a fill in the blank question?

      10. How do I create a numeric response question?

      11. How do I create a calculated question?

      12. How do I create a hot spot question?

      13. How do I create a survey?

      14. How do I create a student audio response question?

      15. How do I create a file upload question?

      16. How do I add multiple parts to an assessment?

      17. How do I use assessment parts?

      18. What is a question pool?

      19. How do I add, copy, move, or delete a question pool?

      20. How do I add a question to a question pool?

      21. How do I copy questions from the question pool into an assessment?

      22. How do I set up a random question set?

      23. How do I import and export assessments?

      24. How do I import a question pool?

      25. How do I share a question pool?

      26. How do I revoke access to a question pool?

      27. How do I transfer ownership of a question pool?

      28. How do I view and modify the settings of an assessment?

      29. How do I edit my assessment title or description?

      30. What are the Availability and Submissions options for an assessment?

      31. How do I give specific students different time or date settings for an assessment?

      32. What are the Grading and Feedback options for an assessment?

      33. How do I adjust the layout and appearance of an assessment?

      34. How do I publish an assessment (i.e., test or quiz)?

      35. How do I duplicate an assessment (i.e., test or quiz)?

      36. How do I preview an assessment (i.e., test or quiz)?

      37. How do I print an assessment (i.e., test or quiz)?

      38. How do I grade Tests & Quizzes?

      39. How do I grade assessment submissions by student?

      40. How do I grade assessment submissions by question?

      41. How do I download Tests & Quizzes submissions for grading offline?

      42. How do I give the same score (e.g., 0) to all students with no submission for an assessment?

      43. How do I view statistics about a completed assessment?

      44. What is the Tests & Quizzes Event Log?

      45. What is the Tests & Quizzes User Activity Report?

      46. How do I allow a student to retake a test or quiz?

      47. How do students submit an assessment (i.e., test or quiz)?

      48. What information is in a Tests & Quizzes email notification?

      49. How do students view assessment (i.e., test or quiz) feedback?

      50. How can an instructor retrieve assessments that were saved but not submitted?

      51. How do I restore a deleted assessment?

    38. Web Content

      1. What is the Web Content tool?

      2. How do I create a Web Content link to a web site?

      3. How do I create a Web Content link to a folder in Resources?

      4. How do I edit a Web Content link?

      5. How do I delete a Web Content link?

    39. Wiki

      1. What is the Wiki tool?

      2. How do I view wiki pages?

      3. How do I search wiki pages?

      4. How do I edit wiki pages?

      5. How do I create a new wiki page?

      6. How do I add images to a wiki page?

      7. How do I add attachments to a wiki page?

      8. How do I view wiki page info?

      9. How do I watch or subscribe to a wiki?

      10. How do I view wiki page history?

      11. How do I set wiki permissions?